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Javier Millán is affiliated with the Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on infectious diseases, immunology, and microbiology, spanning a total of 46 publications in Medicine and 35 in Immunology and Microbiology. Specific subfields include Infectious Diseases, Parasitology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Genetics.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, most notably vector-borne infectious diseases and viral infections related to vectors. Other significant research themes include vector-borne animal diseases, wildlife ecology and conservation, animal virus infection studies, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts.

Javier Millán has contributed to multiple research articles, some of which include:

  • Worldwide occurrence of haemoplasmas in wildlife: Insights into the patterns of infection, transmission, pathology and zoonotic potential, 2020, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli Carrying CTX-M Genes Circulating among Livestock, Dogs, and Wild Mammals in Small-Scale Farms of Central Chile, 2021, Antibiotics
  • Pitfalls in Tick and Tick-Borne Pathogens Research, Some Recommendations and a Call for Data Sharing, 2021, Pathogens
  • Hemotropic mycoplasmas in bats captured near human settlements in Nigeria, 2020, Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Hemoplasmas Are Endemic and Cause Asymptomatic Infection in the Endangered Darwin's Fox (Lycalopex fulvipes), 2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The venues where this scientist frequently publishes include Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Parasitology Research, Pathogens, and Veterinary Research Communications.

Javier Millán collaborates regularly with a core group of co-authors, including Aitor Cevidanes, Sophia Di Cataldo, Ezequiel Hidalgo-Hermoso, Constanza Napolitano, and Irene Sacristán. The collaboration with these researchers spans multiple publications, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

In addition to journal articles, Millán has authored book publications, including the title Salut comunitària i atenció primària, released in 2023 by Documenta Universitaria eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Role of wildlife in the epidemiology of Leishmania infantum infection in Europe.

    Javier Millán;Ezio Ferroglio;Laia Solano-Gallego

  • Disease threats to the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus).

    Javier Millán;Mónica G. Candela;Francisco Palomares;María José Cubero

  • Characterization of widespread canine leishmaniasis among wild carnivores from Spain.

    R. Sobrino;E. Ferroglio;A. Oleaga;A. Romano

  • Salmonella isolates from wild birds and mammals in the Basque Country (Spain).

    J Millán;G Aduriz;B Moreno;R A Juste

  • A review of piroplasmid infections in wild carnivores worldwide: importance for domestic animal health and wildlife conservation

    Mario Alvarado-Rybak;Laia Solano-Gallego;Javier Millán

  • Leptospirosis in wild and domestic carnivores in natural areas in Andalusia, Spain.

    Javier Millán;Mónica G. Candela;José Vicente López-Bao;Marian Pereira

  • Levels of heavy metals and metalloids in critically endangered Iberian lynx and other wild carnivores from Southern Spain

    J. Millán;R. Mateo;M.A. Taggart;J.V. López-Bao

  • Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in wild carnivores from Spain.

    R. Sobrino;O. Cabezón;J. Millán;M. Pabón

  • Molecular detection of vector-borne pathogens in wild and domestic carnivores and their ticks at the human–wildlife interface

    Javier Millán;Tatiana Proboste;Isabel G. Fernández de Mera;Andrea D. Chirife

  • High prevalence of helminth parasites in feral cats in Majorca Island (Spain)

    Javier Millán;Joan Carles Casanova

  • An investigation into alternative reservoirs of canine leishmaniasis on the endemic island of Mallorca (Spain).

    J. Millán;S. Zanet;M. Gomis;A. Trisciuoglio

  • Ectoparasites of the endangered Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus and sympatric wild and domestic carnivores in Spain.

    J. Millán;F. Ruiz‐Fons;F. J. Márquez;M. Viota

  • Serosurvey of dogs for human, livestock, and wildlife pathogens, Uganda.

    Javier Millán;Andrea D. Chirife;Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka;Oscar Cabezón

  • Survey of infectious agents in the endangered Darwin's fox (Lycalopex fulvipes): High prevalence and diversity of hemotrophic mycoplasmas

    Javier Cabello;Laura Altet;Constanza Napolitano;Natalia Sastre

  • Prevalence of infection and 18S rRNA gene sequences of Cytauxzoon species in Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain.

    J. Millán;V. Naranjo;A. Rodríguez;J. M. Pérez De La Lastra

  • Detection and identification of Bartonella sp. in fleas from carnivorous mammals in Andalusia, Spain

    F. J. Márquez;J. Millán;J. J. Rodríguez-Liébana;I. García-Egea

  • Neospora caninum antibodies in wild carnivores from Spain.

    R. Sobrino;J.P. Dubey;M. Pabón;N. Linarez

  • Within‐brood size differences, sex and parasites determine blood stress protein levels in Eurasian Kestrel nestlings

    J. Martínez-Padilla;J. Martínez;J. Martínez;J. A. Dávila;S. Merino

  • Prevalence and intensity of blood and intestinal parasites in a field population of a Mediterranean lizard, Lacerta lepida.

    L. Amo;J. A. Fargallo;J. Martínez-Padilla;J. Millán

  • Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in feral cats (Felis silvestris catus) in Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

    Javier Millán;Oscar Cabezón;Marcela Pabón;J.P. Dubey

  • Widespread infection with hemotropic mycoplasmas in bats in Spain, including a hemoplasma closely related to "Candidatus Mycoplasma hemohominis"

    Javier Millán;Marc López-Roig;Verónica Delicado;Jordi Serra-Cobo

  • ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli Carrying CTX-M Genes Circulating among Livestock, Dogs, and Wild Mammals in Small-Scale Farms of Central Chile.

    Julio A Benavides;Marília Salgado-Caxito;Andrés Opazo-Capurro;Paulina González Muñoz;Paulina González Muñoz

  • Patterns of Exposure of Iberian Wolves (Canis lupus) to Canine Viruses in Human-Dominated Landscapes

    Javier Millán;José Vicente López-Bao;Emilio J. García;Álvaro Oleaga

  • Exposure to disease agents in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

    Melody E. Roelke;Warren E. Johnson;Javier Millán;Francisco Palomares

  • Worldwide occurrence of haemoplasmas in wildlife: Insights into the patterns of infection, transmission, pathology and zoonotic potential

    Javier Millán;Javier Millán;Sophia Di Cataldo;Dmitriy V. Volokhov;Daniel J. Becker

  • A large-scale survey of brown hare Lepus europaeus and Iberian hare L. granatensis populations at the limit of their ranges

    Christian Gortazar;Javier Millán;Pelayo Acevedo;Marco A. Escudero

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Rafael Villafuerte
Rafael Villafuerte Spanish National Research Council
Alejandro Rodríguez
Alejandro Rodríguez Spanish National Research Council
José Vicente López-Bao
José Vicente López-Bao Spanish National Research Council
Sonia Almería
Sonia Almería United States Food and Drug Administration
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Oscar Cabezón
Oscar Cabezón Autonomous University of Barcelona
Warren E. Johnson
Warren E. Johnson Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Ezio Ferroglio
Ezio Ferroglio University of Turin
Elie Poulin
Elie Poulin University of Chile

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